School Enrolment Tours for 2026 are available, please contact the office on 5992 7900 or via email at botanic.ridge.ps@education.vic.gov.au to book an appointment.

2026 Foundation (Prep) enrolments

The Department of Education (DE) has released the statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline.

The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Botanic Ridge Primary School.

The timeline will apply for all children starting Foundation (Prep) in 2026. All government primary schools follow the timeline in 2025 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2026 school year.

You can find information and resources about the timeline, including factsheets, at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep).

This year our school is using an online system for new enrolments to Victorian government schools called VicStudents.  Vic Students is available for students who are enrolling in a Victorian Government School for the first time.  This includes Foundation (Prep) enrolments for 2026.

VicStudents has been assessed by the Department of Education to a high degree of security in line with the Victorian Protective Data Security Standards and is compliant with ISO 27001, the leading international standard for information security.

You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2025 at Botanic Ridge Primary School from Tuesday 22 April 2025.

What you need to do:

1. Book a school tour to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process
2. To commence an online enrolment, visit https://students.educationapps.vic.gov.au/s/ to create an account and complete the online application form. Please ensure that all documents required are attached to the application.
3. Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 25 July 2025.
4. You will be notified of the outcome of your application by Friday 8 August 2025. If you receive an offer of placement, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 22 August 2025.
5. Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2025.
6. Your child will start Foundation (Prep) on Thursday 29 January 2026.

Enrolment applications submitted after 25 July 2025 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.

Required documents
Required documentation includes:
• Completed enrolment form https://students.educationapps.vic.gov.au/s/
• Evidence of identity and date of birth (for example, a birth certificate or passport)
• Immunisation Status Certificate

You will also be required to provide information about:
• your contact details and your child’s primary residence
• emergency contact details
• health information about your child (such as allergies or illnesses they need to manage)
• other legal orders relating to your child and their welfare (if any)

Our school follows the Department of Education’s Enrolment Policy for the enrolment, placement, and transfer of students.

Students who live within the school zone are guaranteed a place at our school. To find out whether you live in zone, visit findmyschool.vic.gov.au

All other applications will be considered subject to available space, and prioritised according to:

1. students with a sibling at the same permanent address who are attending the school at the same time
2. all other students in order of closeness of their home to the school.

Class sizes vary at Botanic Ridge Primary School. As the school population grows class sizes will even out, but for now we aim to keep all classes within 15-25 children.

The curriculum for children of all ages will cover Literacy, Numeracy, Hour of Power, Learning Quests, specialists (Art, PE, STEM, Music) and promote community. Adjustments are made to ensure all children are both comfortable and challenged.

A daily program to help children at BRPS develop social and emotional skills. The four key concepts covered are Mighty Minds, Respectful Relationships, Cultural Curiosity and Digital Diligence.

We ask communication be done briefly in person in the morning, after school, with the office or by sending an email via Compass.

This is to help teachers focus on the day and provide them with personal space and down time when they are at home.

This promotes good self care for our staff, so they can give their best effort to the children.

Yes, the school has air conditioning installed in our learning communities, portables, STEM/ART pavilion and admin building.

Children in Foundation might bring leftover food home. A few reasons can be:

• Very slow eating habits
• Too much food packed for them
• Not liking the food provided

Children in Foundation are provided 20 minutes to eat their snack and 25 minutes to eat their lunch.

Offering children some choice in the food provided can help, as can reducing the amount provided until they ask for more.

We ask families to use the gate closest to the learning community. For those needing assistance from the Office please enter via the front entrance.

The school grounds are officially opened and supervised from 8:30am in the morning and until 3:15pm in the afternoon.

Children who are yet to be picked up by 3:15pm are supervised in the office.

The yard is supervised from 8:30am. The learning community will open at 8:35am.  We ask all parents be out of the learning community by 8:45am. This gives parents a 10 minute window should they quickly have information to pass on. Please make a time for longer discussions.

Children arriving after 8:45am will need to enter via the front entrance to receive a late pass.

BRPS uses flexischools, an online ordering system, for ordering lunches sourced from an outside supplier. At this stage families can place lunch orders for Thursdays.

In the interest of keeping all children comfortable and safe, we ask that dogs remain out of the school grounds.